READING AND REFLECTION AT THE SIXTH STATION

As he nears his place of execution, Jesus falls. Why would Jesus get up? Why would he summon his last ounce of energy to deliver himself to the pain of the cross? 

Falling and rising. Dying on the cross; rising from the grave. Christ shows us that he can transform weakness, failings, and death into the glory of selfgift.   

Many in our world today feel that they are at that moment of final falling, that their burden is too much to carry. They cannot bear any more. Crushed by the weight of their cross they feel unable to get up, unable to go on. In Jesus we find our hope and our encouragement. We can stand up again. Jesus is with us and Jesus is our strength.